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Forum's 18th Annual Conference

Available Conferences

Forum's 18th Annual Conference

Dates

March 20 - 25, 2022

We Are At

Booth #91


Location

Virtual | Chicago, IL

Reception

CEA will be hosting a Forum reception and our 25th Anniversary celebration at Pinstripes Chicago. Contact your Institutional Relations Director to get your invite!

Staying Connected: Conferences

CEA CAPA appreciates the opportunity to connect with and contribute to the international education community. We'd like to extend a big "thank you" to all the attendees that stopped by to speak with us at the conference.

Forum's 18th Annual Conference Highlights

CEA will be attending Forum’s 18th Annual Conference, ready to engage our peers in a stimulating, inspiring exchange of ideas. This year’s conference theme is “Globally Interconnected: New Opportunities and the Challenge of Change.” We’re excited to lead and participate in the discussion about how to work together to reinvent and rebuild a field that prepares and empowers the next generation to contribute to a better world. 

Our attendees look forward to connecting with you and hearing about your institution’s latest updates. To schedule a meeting with any of our attendees, click on their Calendly links below. We're excited to share in the excitement and celebration of CEA's 25th Anniversary. Feel free to stop by our conference booth without an appointment to receive a special gift to commemorate the occasion.

Schedule a Meeting With CEA's Forum Attendees

Tim Boubek, Vice President - Strategic University Partnerships
Aaron Yerkes, Senior Director - University Relations 
Dr. Lou Berends, Vice President - Academic Affairs
Kira Rysiewicz, Regional Director - Central States
Laura Madden, Partnership Director - Custom Programs 
Dr. Stina DuFour, Academic Dean - Global Programs 
Eryn Kudzinski, Director of Health & Safety
Caroline Walsh, Senior Vice President - Program Development 
Enric Figueras, Vice President of Regional Programs - Spain 
Peyton Rudolph, Senior Director - Marketing

CEA Forum Conference Presentations

  • Tuesday, March 22, 2022
    • Embracing the Elephant in the Room: Navigating COVID-Era Career Changes and Challenges
      1:15 PM - 2:30 PM CST (Virtual)
      • Stina M. Dufour, Ed.D., Academic Dean of Global Programs, CEA Study Abroad
      • The pandemic complicated how international educators navigate their career progression, with many colleagues losing jobs or transitioning fields. How does one plan when the future of the field is ambiguous? Learn from a panel of professionals who have navigated different transitions and enter a brave space where you can consider your own career transitions or musings. 
  • Thursday, March 24, 2022
    • Enduring Partnerships: Successful Examples of Resilient Relationships in Challenging Times
      8:45 AM - 10:00 AM CST
      • Stina M. Dufour, Ed.D., Academic Dean of Global Programs, CEA Study Abroad
      • Learn how different institutions have approached successful internal and external partnerships that have stood the test of time. Understand how a private college, public university, and a provider organization have established and expanded partnerships, in step with the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice. Reflect and discuss how these lessons might apply to your institution's setting.
    • Prioritizing Mental Health, Well-being for Staff and Faculty: Lessons from Leadership to Mitigate Burnout
      3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CST
      • Lou Berends, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs, CEA Study Abroad
      • This session explores the changing landscape of the education abroad workplace. The panelists will reframe the narrative of supporting students’ mental health and well-being to also include our staff and faculty colleagues. In these new workplace settings, we will examine managerial approaches to staff/faculty well-being, and frame self-care as a way to mitigate burnout that increases productivity.
  • Friday, March 25, 2022
    • International Internships: A unique ROI for Underrepresented students going abroad
      10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CST
      • Lou Berends, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs, CEA Study Abroad
      • The “Permanent Detour” - the long term effect underemployment has on the career trajectory of college graduates - is more acute for underrepresented students (Strada Institute, 2018) because the access to opportunities that often come from “who you know” are more modest. In this session, we will explore how internship abroad programs may create an important ROI for underrepresented students.

CEA Updates

  • 25th Anniversary
    • CEA is celebrating our 25th anniversary this year!
    • Stop by our booth (#91) for a special gift.
       

Attendees

Tim Boubek
Vice President, Institutional Relations - West
Louis Berends, PhD
Dean & Vice President of Academic Partnerships
Enric Figueras
Vice President of Regional Programs
Caroline Walsh
Senior Vice President of Program Development
Caroline Walsh is responsible for the alignment and growth of CEA CAPA’s current product portfolio and expansion into new markets. She works closely with leadership within University Relations to identify university needs and trends and collaborates with Academic Affairs and CEA CAPA staff worldwide to design and deliver new programs and academic partnerships that are best suited to meet the needs of our U.S. university partners.
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Aaron Yerkes
Vice President of Partnership Development
Aaron is a graduate of Butler University and holds a BS degree in Finance. During his undergraduate experience, Aaron studied abroad in London, England at Birkbeck, University of London. His time abroad was so transformative for him that he wanted to devote his professional career to promoting life changing, international experiences to other students.
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Stina Dufour, Ed.D.
Dean of Global Programs and Academic Administration
 
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Eryn Kudzinski
Vice President of Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management
As Vice President, Eryn oversees and provides strategic leadership to the organization’s health, safety, security and risk management practices. Eryn works closely with CEA CAPA team members across the U.S. and internationally, as well as directly with our U.S. partner institutions, to ensure that our coordination of emergency response protocols is seamless and that our CEA CAPA staff is abreast of the most current health and safety issues in the field. 
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Kira Rysiewicz
Partnership Director
Peyton Rudolph
Vice President, Marketing
Based in our Phoenix office, Peyton oversees the CEA CAPA Marketing Department creating strategy behind partner and student engagement through digital and print channels. Peyton combines her passion for customer-centric marketing with her love for travel and continuing education to share compelling stories that inspire.
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